How to automatically fill email subject with attachment name in Outlook?

For those who are accustomed to using the attachment name as the subject of an email in Outlook, manually typing the attachment name in the subject line each time will be time-consuming. As shown in the gif below, if you want to fill the email subject line with the attachment name automatically when you insert an attachment, the VBA method in this tutorial will help.

Automatically fill the email subject with the attachment name with VBA code

Please run the following VBA code to automatically fill the email subject with the name of the inserted attachment in Outlook.

1. Launch your Outlook, press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, double click Project1 (VbProject.OTM) > Microsoft Outlook Objects > ThisOutlookSession to open the ThisOutlookSession (Code) editor.

3. Then copy the following VBA code into the ThisOutlookSession (Code) editor.

VBA code: Autofill the email subject with the attachment name

Public WithEvents GExplorer As Explorer
'Updated by Extendoffice 20220926
Public WithEvents GInspectors As Inspectors
Public WithEvents GMail As MailItem

Private Sub Application_Startup()
  Set GExplorer = Application.ActiveExplorer
  Set GInspectors = Application.Inspectors
End Sub

Private Sub GExplorer_InlineResponse(ByVal Item As Object)
  Set GMail = Item
End Sub

Private Sub GInspectors_NewInspector(ByVal Inspector As Inspector)
  Dim xItem As Object
  Set xItem = Inspector.CurrentItem
  If xItem.Class <> olMail Then Exit Sub
  Set GMail = xItem
End Sub

Private Sub GMail_AttachmentAdd(ByVal Att As Attachment)
  Dim xFileName As String
  On Error Resume Next
  If VBA.Trim(GMail.Subject) <> "" Then Exit Sub
  If MsgBox("Do you want to use the attachment name as the subject?", vbYesNo + vbInformation, "Kutools for Outlook") = vbNo Then Exit Sub
  xFileName = Att.DisplayName
  xFileName = Left$(xFileName, VBA.InStrRev(xFileName, ".") - 1)
  GMail.Subject = xFileName
End Sub

4. Now you need to save the code and restart Outlook.

5. From now on, when you insert an attachment in an email that doesn't have a subject filled in yet, a Kutools for Outlook dialog box will pop up asking you if you want to use the attachment name as the subject, click the Yes button.

Then the subject line will be populated with the name of the inserted attachment automatically.

Notes:

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